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Harvey Risch, Yale School of Public Health

Member profile details

Membership level

Emeritus

Salutation

Professor

First Name

Harvey

Middle Initial

Last Name

Risch

Organization

Yale School of Public Health

Academic Credential

MD, PhD

Position/Title

Professor of Epidemiology (Emeritus)

Department (if applicable)

Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology

DEGREES: (institution, date, degree, major)

California Institute of Technology, 1972, BS, Biology and Mathematics; University of California San Diego School of Medicine, 1976, MD, Medicine; University of Chicago, 1980, PhD, Biomathematics

City

New Haven

STATE

Year Elected

2019

Year Emeritus

2022, June 30

Citation

Dr. Harvey Risch is a leading epidemiologist internationally recognized for his fundamental contributions to the understanding of the causes of cancer, particularly of the lung, ovary and pancreas. His work, comprising more than 300 original research publications in the biomedical literature, has proposed practical approaches for prevention of these highly fatal diseases.

Professional Area(s)

Cancer epidemiology and etiology; Cancer genetic epidemiology: polymorphisms, major genes; Hormonal factors and cancer; Occupational, environmental and pharmacologic exposures and cancer; Diet and cancer; Helicobacter pylori and cancer; Epidemiologic methods; Causal inference; Cancer registration, control and prevention